Dubbed the "Blade Runner dragon," this buzzing neon sign is a beloved local icon.

One of the last remnants of the city's Chinese nightclub scene is now a dive bar selling killer mai tais.

A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.

A treasure hunter's tiny bar, harboring celebrities since 1959.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

America's oldest Italian restaurant is a San Francisco institution.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.

Hidden in the Santa Ynez Mountains off Highway 154, this tiny restaurant once served as a stagecoach stop.

An Italian restaurant became a rock-and-roll hangout and the lair of the "Hollywood vampires."

This star-studded Old Hollywood restaurant is where fettuccine Alfredo made its United States debut.

This 38-year old fish became a casualty of changing trends.

The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.

This midcentury LA bar was the birthplace of tiki culture.